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1972 Salvadoran legislative election

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Field	Value
country	El Salvador
previous_election	[1970](1970-salvadoran-legislative-election)
next_election	[1974](1974-salvadoran-legislative-election)
election_date	12 March 1972
seats_for_election	All 52 seats in the Legislative Assembly
majority_seats	27
party1	National Coalition Party (El Salvador)
leader1	Fidel Sánchez
percentage1	67.39
seats1	39
last_election1	34
party2	National Opposition Union (El Salvador)
leader2	José Duarte
percentage2	22.71
seats2	8
last_election2	16
party3	Salvadoran Popular Party
percentage3	6.06
seats3	4
last_election3	1
party4	United Independent Democratic Front
percentage4	3.85
seats4	1
last_election4	New

Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 12 March 1972. The result was a victory for the National Conciliation Party, which won 39 of the 52 seats. However, the election was marred by massive fraud and the Central Election Council disqualified the candidates of the opposition National Opposition Union (an alliance of the Christian Democratic Party, the National Revolutionary Movement and the Nationalist Democratic Union) in five out of fourteen constituencies. Voter turnout was 56.7%.

Results

References

Bibliography

Political Handbook of the world, 1972. New York, 1973.
Caldera T., Hilda. 1983. Historia del Partido Demócrata Cristiano de El Salvador. Tegucigalpa: Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios Políticos.
El Salvador. Presidencia. Departamento de Relaciones Públicas. 1972. Elecciones del 72: 20 de febrero, 12 de marzo. San Salvador: Departamento de Relaciones Públicas, Casa Presidencial.
Montgomery, Tommie Sue. 1995. Revolution in El Salvador: from civil strife to civil peace. Boulder: Westview.
Webre, Stephen. 1979. José Napoleón Duarte and the Christian Democratic Party in Salvadoran Politics 1960-1972. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.
White, Alastair. 1973. El Salvador. New York: Praeger Publishers.
Williams, Philip J. and Knut Walter. 1997. Militarization and demilitarization in El Salvador's transition to democracy. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p276 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928357-6
Nohlen, p283

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